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Re: Show HN: HackerNew for Chrome

#62
Please forgive my ignorance, but what's the point of having proprietary web apps for Chrome that could already be achieved with existing HTML5 toolkits?

This just seems to be an effort to "app-ify" the web, that is, create a shitty appstore google owns for websites. I hate this concept and don't understand why people support fragmenting webpages like this. HackerNew may be fantastic, but release it as a website that all browsers can display.

Re: Show HN: HackerNew for Chrome

#64
One thing I would add is either reducing title size on the front page, or adding an adjustable title size on the front page (and remember that title size). I wouldn't mess with the font size otherwise, it just throws everything off.

Otherwise, this is terrific! Only bad part is endless scrolling may keep me on HN even longer.

Re: Show HN: HackerNew for Chrome

#66
One of the things I like most about Hacker News is that it's one of the few sites left without social media sharing buttons, or as I like to call them, junk. Anything that will add those buttons to sites that don't have them is the antithesis of what I need.

Re: Show HN: HackerNew for Chrome

#67
post #4

Just installed it - loving the added spacing, increased font sizes/etc; it makes far better use of the full screen. I doubt I'll ever be uninstalling this :)

> it makes far better use of the full screen. Not for us poor laptop owners! It's actually the exact opposite :/

Re: Show HN: HackerNew for Chrome

#70
post #62

Please forgive my ignorance, but what's the point of having proprietary web apps for Chrome that could already be achieved with existing HTML5 toolkits? This just seems to be an effort to "app-ify" the web, that is, create a shitty appstore google owns for websites. I hate this concept and don't understand why people support fragmenting webpages like this. HackerNew may be fantastic, but release it as a website that…

Your point is valid; I'd guess the developer's point in "having proprietary web apps for Chrome" is that there is no cost to run the extension in other people's browsers.

It is a lot more work to do this cross-browser, even with some of the newer toolkits designed to help in this scenario: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4913123/cross-browser-ext...

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